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5th
2-2-2 record · 6 played
1.33 points per game
-1 goal diff · 5–6
DWDWLlast 5
32% chance of top 4 · expected finish 5.1
+0.06 schedule faced · avg opponent rating

Next game — Sat Oct 24, 02:00 PM

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds
5th · 1.33 PPG
vs
Nationals SC
3rd · 2.14 PPG

Montour Junction Sports Complex, Field 1 ↗

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●●●●● Very tough to win

Most likely score 0–1 (expected goals 0.7 for, 1.4 against · 0.81 expected points)

Season so farPittsburgh RiverhoundsNationals SC
Position5th3rd
Record (W-D-L)2-2-24-3-0
Points per game1.332.14
Goals for / game0.82.1
Goals against / game1.00.6
Clean sheets34
Held scoreless31
Form (recent first)L W D W DD W W D W
Biggest win3–0 at WNY Flash5–0 at RNY FC Youth
Worst loss0–4 at Louisville City Academy—
Model rating (net goals vs avg)-0.05+1.05
Schedule faced (avg opp. rating)+0.06-0.13

Common opponents: Louisville City Academy — we 0–4; they 3–2. FC Pride Elite — we 0–0; they 1–1. WNY Flash — we 3–0; they 1–1. Cleveland Force SC — we 1–1; they 3–0. Ohio Elite SA — we 1–0; they 2–0. Ohio Premier — we 0–1; they 0–0.

Game plan

  • Respect their attack
    Nationals SC score 2.1/game — well above the league's 1.4.

    Deny the easy goals first: compact shape between the lines, no fouls in shooting range, and a plan for their best outlet. Score first and make them chase.

  • Hard to break down
    Nationals SC concede only 0.6/game with 4 clean sheet(s).

    Patience and width: move the ball quickly side to side to pull the block apart, and treat set pieces as your best chance — rehearse two corner routines and a near-post free-kick delivery.

  • Finishing wins the tight ones
    Held scoreless 3 time(s): 0–4 at Louisville City Academy, 0–0 at FC Pride Elite, 0–1 at Ohio Premier.

    Against a low block, the first goal usually comes from a cross or a cut-back, not a dribble. Get 2–3 bodies in the box on every wide entry and finish practice this week at game speed.

  • Underdog — play free, stay organised
    Model gives 18%; a draw (28%) would be a good result.

    Keep the shape compact, make them play in front of you, and hit space behind their full-backs on transitions. A point here is a win for the table; a win is a season-changer.

  • What a win does
    Cleveland Force SC sit 4th on 1.33 PPG; we are on 1.33.

    A point moves us above Cleveland Force SC on PPG (if they don't play). GD is the next tiebreak, so every goal matters — keep attacking with a lead.

If Saturday goes…

Where we'd sit after the Nationals SC game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Pittsburgh Riverhounds – Nationals SC) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 2 other games that week (Mon Oct 19 – Sun Oct 25); the outer columns are the best and worst the rivals can do.

Our resultRivals don't playLikely resultsEvery rival wins
–
Loss · 1.14 PPG
6th▼ down 1 5th— holds 6th▼ down 1
Win
1.57 PPG
4th▲ up 1 4th▲ up 1 4th▲ up 1
Draw
1.29 PPG
6th▼ down 1 5th— holds 6th▼ down 1
Loss
1.14 PPG
6th▼ down 1 5th— holds 6th▼ down 1

Can we move up this round? No. With a 0–1 loss we stay 5th even if every rival loses, and as low as 6th if every rival wins.

Where we finish

2,000 simulated seasons

0% finish 1st
32% top 4
68% below the top 4
5.1 average finish
  1. 1st <1%
  2. 2nd 1%
  3. 3rd 3%
  4. 4th 29%
  5. 5th 32%
  6. 6th 29%
  7. 7th 7%
  8. 8th 1%
  9. 9th <1%

Every remaining game in the division is played out with the forecast's goal odds, 2,000 times, and the table is re-sorted each time. Green marks the top 4.

Climbing the table

What it takes to pass each team above us, from our 10 remaining known games (max 2.38 PPG if we win out).

#TeamPPGProj.To pass them
1 Ohio Premier 2.67 (+1.34) 1st (2.39) 35 of 30 pts to pass their current pace, 31 for their projection — out of reach on the known schedule
2 Louisville City Academy 2.40 (+1.07) 3rd (1.99) 31 of 30 pts to pass their current pace, 24 for their projection
3 Nationals SC 2.14 (+0.81) 2nd (2.11) 27 of 30 pts to pass their current pace, 26 for their projection
4 Cleveland Force SC 1.33 (+0.00) 4th (1.40) A point next game

How the results connect

29 chains · 9 teams

Paths of results that link Pittsburgh Riverhounds to Nationals SC through teams both have faced, drawn as one map. Teams sit in columns by how many games away from us they are. Each arrow is one game, pointing away from us, and its colour is the result for the team it starts from. Hover or tap an arrow to trace a chain and see its net goal margin.

6 favour us
3 even
20 favour them
-1.3 goals per chain on average. The results point their way.
won lost drew· result for the team the arrow starts from
0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–4 2–3 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–5 3–0 Pittsburgh Riverhou… 5th FC Pride Elite 8th Ohio Premier 1st Ohio Elite SA 6th Cleveland Force SC 4th WNY Flash 7th Louisville City Aca… 2nd RNY FC Youth 9th Nationals SC 3rd

Hover or tap an arrow to trace a chain, or step through them with the arrows. Open full screen and turn your phone to see the whole map.

12 chains

Position over the season

10 game days

1st 5th 9th Aug 29 Sep 19 Sep 26 Oct 3 Oct 17 Oct 18

The table re-sorted after each date on which a game was played. Shaded band is the top 4.

The path

run-in difficulty -0.02 · 6th hardest of 9

DateOpponentWhereDifficultyWinLikelyExp. ptsRun. PPGPriority
Sat Oct 24
02:00 PM
Nationals SC
3rd · 4-3-0 · GD +11
Home
Montour Junction Sports Complex
●●●●● Very tough
18%
0–1 0.81 1.26 Upside
Sat Nov 7
10:00 AM
RNY FC Youth
9th · 0-1-5 · GD -13
Home
Montour Junction Sports Complex
●●○○○ Lean win
64%
2–0 2.12 1.37 Swing game
Sat Mar 6
10:30 AM
Ohio Premier
1st · 5-1-0 · GD +13
Home
Montour Junction Sports Complex
●●●●● Very tough
13%
0–1 0.65 1.29 Upside
Sun Mar 7
11:00 AM
RNY FC Youth
9th · 0-1-5 · GD -13
Away far trip
Rochester Institute of Technology · turf?
●●●○○ Toss-up
55%
1–0 1.90 1.35 Swing game
Sun Mar 21
TBD
Cleveland Force SC
4th · 2-2-2 · GD +1
Away
●●●●○ Tough
28%
0–1 1.15 1.33 Upside
Sat Apr 10
02:00 PM
Ohio Elite SA
6th · 3-0-4 · GD +1
Home
Montour Junction Sports Complex
●●●●○ Tough
38%
1–1 1.43 1.34 Upside
Sat Apr 17
10:30 AM
FC Pride Elite
8th · 0-2-2 · GD -5
Home
Highmark Stadium · turf?
●●●○○ Toss-up
49%
1–0 1.77 1.37 Swing game
Sat Apr 24
TBD
Nationals SC
3rd · 4-3-0 · GD +11
Away
●●●●● Very tough
14%
0–1 0.65 1.32 Upside
Sat May 1
02:00 PM
Louisville City Academy
2nd · 4-0-1 · GD +8
Home
Montour Junction Sports Complex
●●●●● Very tough
24%
0–1 0.99 1.30 Upside
Sun May 2
TBD
WNY Flash
7th · 1-1-5 · GD -15
Home
●●○○○ Lean win
66%
1–0 2.19 1.35 Swing game

"Far trip" = the venue's zip is outside our home sectional area (first three digits), a rough travel flag, not a distance. Venue names open in Google Maps. "Bank it" = expected win, dropping points here hurts most. "Swing game" = near coin-flip, where the finish is decided. "Upside" = underdog, nothing to lose. Running PPG assumes the expected points from every game up to that row.

Standings

#TeamGPWDLGFGAGDPtsPPGFormSoSRun-inTop 4Exp. finish
1 Ohio Premier 6510 141+13 162.67 WWWWD -0.32 -0.05 100% 1.3
2 Louisville City Academy 5401 135+8 122.40 WWLWW -0.40 -0.00 98% 2.6
3 Nationals SC 7430 154+11 152.14 WDWWD -0.13 -0.12 100% 2.2
4 Cleveland Force SC 6222 87+1 81.33 DDWLW -0.06 +0.01 43% 4.9
5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 6222 56-1 81.33 DWDWL +0.06 -0.02 32% 5.1
6 Ohio Elite SA 7304 1211+1 91.29 WLWLL -0.17 +0.14 24% 5.3
7 WNY Flash 7115 520-15 40.57 LLDLL +0.30 +0.09 0% 8.3
8 FC Pride Elite 4022 27-5 20.50 DDLL +0.60 -0.10 3% 6.9
9 RNY FC Youth 6015 619-13 10.17 LLDLL +0.34 +0.07 0% 8.4

Tap a team to see every game it has played (opponent's current position in brackets) and what's next. Ordered the way the league publishes it: points per game, then goal difference. The green edge marks the top 4. SoS is strength of schedule, the average model rating of opponents faced — positive means a harder road than average. "Top 4" and "Exp. finish" come from playing the rest of the season 2,000 times with the forecast model.

How the forecast works: every played game feeds each team's attack and defence rating, adjusted for who it was against — a goal past a strong defence counts for more than one past a weak one. Ratings are shrunk toward the league average (1.41 goals per team per game) by 3 "prior" games so early blowouts don't dominate, and results older than about 120 days count half. Expected goals for a matchup multiply those, with a 8% home bump, and a Poisson score grid gives win/draw/loss odds.